New organisational behaviour of public research institutions: Lessons learned from Italian case study

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 402-419

  Coccia, Mario ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic capitalism; Entrepreneurial laboratories; Organisational behaviour; Research units; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949128133     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2008.018589     Document Type: Article

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